Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Shambles
- Judges Lodging
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Sixties York
- The First Minster
- Stonegate
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The George Fox Incident
- The York Observatory
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- 62 Low Petergate
- The York Helmet
- A New University
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop